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Running head: PROVISION OF A FULL SERVICE POLICE DEPARTMENT

Provision of a full-service police department (Best Town)


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Abstract
Criminal activities are major issues that affect all the cities in any given country. Proper
mechanisms are therefore essential in reduction and control of these activities that negatively
impact on the economy of a state. The law enforcement agencies, therefore, should be the first in
ensuring the provision of justice, and people adhere to the legislation of the land. Besides the
courts and corrections, the law enforcement units play a significant role in criminal justice in the
United States of America. A concrete and active police unit are hence a primary factor that
ensures that law and justice prevail in different jurisdictional perspectives (Greene, 1999).
Governmental Police agencies principal have the role of enforcing the law in their various
jurisdictions through investigation of criminal activities, submitting the results to the courts and
temporarily detaining suspects. The Best Town is no different from the other cities and faces
various criminal activities like homicide, rape, assault larceny among others. The town has a
high number of people with a majority between the ages of 18 years to 65 years accounting for
65% of the total population. Due to the needs to strengthen the people's trust to the governing
body (Mayor-council), there is a need for developing a high reliable police department attributed
to the low performance of the county police department. The paper, therefore, focuses on the
necessity of a local police department based in Best town to provide all the policing services to
the people of the city.

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Background
The best town currently gets served by the county police department that handles and
provides police services and enforcing the law in the city. The town has a population of about
75,000 people in total. 10% of the population accounts for the old people of above 65 years, 18%
teenagers of below 18 years and the larger part of 65% accounting for people aged between 19 to
65 years. The largest group is the most active part of the whole population and highly involved in
the primary economic activities in the town. Besides the groups contribution, it also produces
the largest number of criminal offenders in the city. The reason is the fact that a significant
number of the crimes found in this town all fall under the categorizations of this group.
A law enforcement agency is, therefore, a primary issue in the city to ensure the safety of
citizens and sustaining economic growth in the town. Matters concerning the security and the
economic growth of the city as whole are achievable through the establishment of an effective
and efficient law enforcement agency. The town currently has a significant problem especially
about the response time to calls for emergencies. The service is one among other services offered
by the county police department. Ensuring that response time to such calls of distress and crises
is efficient can have a significant change in the town in some different ways. Crimes, as well as
property damages that are rather consistent with long response times, can be avoided if ways of
cutting down on the response times can be established and followed. Any law enforcement
agency, as well as emergency service providers, characterized with such long response times, are
also found to be quite ineffective and inefficient. There is, therefore, a need to handle this laxity
and inefficacy in this town of the police department. To eliminate the inefficiencies on security
issues, a productive, and efficient police department for Best Town should be developed and
established under clear and precise guidelines.

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Overview of the full-service Best Town Police Department


The proposed Best Town police department should be able to provide police services
within the citys jurisdiction and ensuring service quality is maintained. According to Greene,
(1999, p.23), police departments play a significant role in the maintenance of order, law
enforcement, and service rendering that include. The services include; education, guidance, and
first aid services to the community. The law agency is expected to take over the full control of all
security issues of the town with very minimal supplementation from the county police
department. The proposed police department is supposed to offer services for the whole city
without undue discrimination on the basis of race. It is, therefore, necessary to allow
representation in all the ranks based on population composition of different races in the city
(Racial makeup of U.S, 2015). Including everybody especially the minority in the police
department is an essential that will ensure that people appreciate the need for a localized law
enforcement authority that is citizen-centered. According to the Racial Makeup of US (2015,
p.2), the percentage of minority police in U.S police units has been increasing between 1987 and
2013.
Best City Police Department is expected to have a total of 150 authorized sworn police
officers and a civilian strength of about thirty personnel who are expected to works under the
chief. Of all the 150 posts for the authorized sworn and 30 civilian force, the mix of this staff
should be made accordance with population composition of the different races. The largest
proportion should be for the white on- Hispanic with 44% of the total 150 and the lowest;
Chinese with 0.5% of the entire presentation in the new proposed police department. All the
police officer in the department shall be responsible to the Chief, who is accountable to the
mayor and the governance of the city of Best.

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Recommendations and Rationale


The structuring of this Best Town Police Department considerably gets influenced by the
following factors that have been identified to necessitate its creation:
Among the reasons for the establishment of the Best, Town Police Department is due to
the prevailing delays in the provision of police services to residents of Best Town by the county
police department. Establishment of Best Town Police Department, therefore, is meant to come
and help in the handling of the prevailing problems in this town that the county police
department has not been successful at solving or handling. The department should, therefore, be
established to minimize these limitations exhibited by the former and improve the peoples needs
for the services. The reason for developing the Best City police department is to remove the
inefficiencies associated with county police department in service delivery in the city.
In many police departments, there have been massive racial representation imbalances
that make some races feel superior while others feel inferior. The effect of this is that the
subordinate groups develop certain behaviors that making them engage in criminal activities
(Racial Makeup of U.S, 2015, p.3). To curb racial imbalance and after that reduce illegal
activities associated with inferiority, a local police department that incorporates all the
stakeholders should be established. By establishing such a police department, the town will be
successful in fighting crimes connected with these kinds of causes and origins, hence improving
its overall security.
Due to inefficiencies in police departments, people tend to neglect the importance of law
enforcement agents and do whatever they need since there will be less follow up by these

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agencies. Therefore to create confidence and reliability of the City governance body to the
people a reliable and dedicated law enforcement agency is a necessity for the town.
Another reason to why Best town police department is of importance is because of the
high crime rates in the city. Associated with the large population of the city are the high criminal
activities in any given locality (Moree and Stephens, 1991). Since the city has been experiencing
a non-reducing illegal activities trend, there is a need for developing a police unit that
concentrates on the security issues of the town alone.
Mission Statement
It is the mission of Best Town Police Department to provide a holistic, efficient, and
committed police services for the town through fair inclusion and involvement of all the people
in the city. Best Town police department shall ensure; preservation of public peace and
tranquility, prevention of crime, detection and arresting of criminal offenders and to perform any
other duties as directed by the council and the chief commissioner.
Organizational structure:
Organizational structure implies to the way that an association or organization arranges
people and occupations so that its work become achievable quickly, and its goals are arrived at
smoothly. In circumstances where the work assembling or groups are significantly small, and eye
to eye correspondence is incessant, the formal structure may be unnecessary. Bigger
organizations ensure that clear decisions about the assignment of various duties uphold.
Consequently, procedures are developed that assist in the appointing of various obligations from
different capacities. It is these decisions that determine the different organizational or
hierarchical structures utilized in an association. Law enforcement agents work under a strict

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structure that defines duties, ranks and respective order of response to the specified seniors
(Greene, 1999, p.12). Best Town Police Department, therefore, get bound to these structural
models in its effort to change the situation in the city. The police department will, therefore,
operate on the following structure that stems from the highest rank that is held by the chief police
in the police department to the lowest. At the highest level is the police chief of Best town police
department appointed by the mayor and subject to the approval of Police Commission and the
City Council. He handles planning efficient and operational and administrative functions of the
police department (Hickman and Reaves, 2003). Stemming from the chief of police is the deputy
chief and captain administration. Deputy Chief has the responsibilities of the police
commissioner in his absence. Under his command are the detective captains for this case is one
and captain community and internal affairs.
From the detective captain, the police department is expected to have a detective
lieutenant who reports to the detective chief. A detective sergeant who is one has the
responsibility of overseeing the operations of detectives on robbery and assault, homicide and
rape, burglary, auto theft and larceny. He directly responds to the detective lieutenant. Under the
captain community and internal affairs, the department is expected to have at least three shift
lieutenants patrol whose responsibility is to ensure that Best town streets are safe for those using
them. The shift lieutenants patrol has at least six sergeant patrols that command or operate with
uniformed patrol officers. All these agents straight from the chief police through the deputy chief
are all sworn strength and have the right to arrest any offenders within Best town jurisdiction.
Another branch from the police commissioner is the captain administration. The captain
administration oversees the functions of the city prosecutor, crime analyst, budget coordinator
business office and the communications office. All these officers report to the captain

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administration docket. The city prosecutor directly or sometimes indirectly oversees the
functioning of the Secretary court and will ensure prosecution of any criminals in Best city. The
budget coordinator handles ensuring that the police department has a workable budget. He works
with the office manager records and the accounts clerk. Finally, the communication manager
ensures that information dissemination follow a timely and efficient path in the department. He
works together with the IT administrator and dispatchers.

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Chief of Police

Captain administration 1 1

City prosecutor

Deputy Chief

Detective
Budget coordinator business
office captain
Captain community and internal affair
Crime analyst

Communication manager
Office manager records

Shift lieutenants patrol 3

Lieutenant personnel and training


Street sergeant patrol 6
Dispatchers

Accounts clerk

Secretary court

Detective lieutenant

Uniformed patrol officers

Officer personnel & training


IT administrator

Secretary personnel and training

Detective sergeant
Emergency response unit

Detective
Detective robbery and
assault homicide and rape
Police Champlain

Best City Police Department is expected to have a limited number of officers both sworn
and civilian. The structure above for the proposed police department for the town has a single

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chief of police, one captain administrator, and one deputy chief as the upper panel of the unit.
The police commissioner has control of 149 authorized sworn officers positioned. Two detective
captains, 4 captain community and internal affairs officers, 3 shift lieutenants, 2 detective
lieutenants, one detective sergeant, Six street sergeant patrols, Thirty-eight uniformed patrol
agents, 18 robbery and assault detectives, 8 homicide and rape investigators, 48 burglary auto
theft and larceny detectives and 15 members of the emergency response unit
The civilian composition of the department is expected to have a total of 30 people. They
are distributed as follows: 4 city prosecutors, 6 crime analysts and one budget coordinator all
under the command of Captain administrator who is a sworn officer. There are four personnel
and training officers, four secretary staff and training and a police Champlain who is a volunteer.
Under the information, the department is expected to have three dispatchers and 2 IT
administrators. The coordinator business office that has a single appointee will supervise the
work of 3 office record managers and two accounts clerks all being civilians.
Proposed Salary structure for Best police department
The proposed Best town police department is expected to have the following salary structure for
all the personnel in the department.
Rank
Chief of Police
Deputy chief of police
Captain administrator
Captain community and internal affairs
Detective Captain
City Prosecutor
Crime analyst
Budget Coordinator
Lieutenant personnel and training officer
Shift Lieutenants
Detective Lieutenant

No. of
officers
1
1
1
4
2
4
6
1
4
3
2

Proposed salary ($)

Total ($)

109,251
95,000
72,735
72,890
72,890
65,899
65,800
67,000
72,600
69,200
68,093

109,251
95,000
72,735
290,940
145,780
263,596
394,800
67,000
290,400
207,600
136,186

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Emergency response unit
Communication manager
Office record manager
Secretary court
Detective Sergeant
Street Sergeant
Detective robbery and assault
Detective homicide and rape
Detectives auto theft, burglary, and
larceny
Uniformed patrol officers
Officer personnel and training
Secretary personnel and training
IT administrator
Dispatchers
Police Champlain
Total
8,675,479

11
15
1
1
3
1
6
18
8
48

63,000
64,300
63,700
62,800
63,993
71,200
60,200
60,200
58,000

945,000
64,300
63,700
188,400
63,993
427,200
1,083,600
481,600
2,784,000

38
2
2
2
3
1

57,200
55,199
55,000
57,800
54,800
0

2,173,600
110,398
110,000
115,600
164,400
0

Proposed budget for Best Town Police Department


Expenditure classification

Amount ($)

Salaries

8,675,479

Police uniform

900,000

Office Equipments

1,234,000

Land and building

6,8796,090

Furniture and stationery

543,000

Motor vehicle

3,768,089

Computer equipment (technology)


Total expenditure

1,895,060
85,811,718

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The total budgetary cost of the whole project is estimated to be $ 85,811,718 that will be
provided by the council. Best town police department is a non-profit making organization thus its
source of funds will be from the council. The budget accounts for all the startup costs without
consideration for future expenses.
Space needs; sites
The establishment of the best town police department is expected to have two main sites
where main operations of the department are expected to take place. Considerably acquiring of a
permanent site is of great importance so that further development is done on the site without fear
of loss due to contractual changes in case of lease or rent. The department will make a purchase
of the two major operational sites within the town.
Equipment and technology needed
Since Best town police department does not exist, a substantial investment in technology
and equipment has to be done to enhance efficiency and service delivery. The establisment is an
investment that will begin from the scratch involving the buying of almost every required
equipment that will facilitate service delivery, safety, and security. Given this, therefore, it is
rather obvious that this will be a very expensive undertaking. Purchases of police vehicles and
other means of transport are of great importance in ensuring that emergencies get dealt with
within the shortest time possible. Transportation equipment, therefore, will be one of an essential
equipment in this undertaking. In addition to this, the police officers have to equip themselves
with modernized weapons especially when dealing with dangerous criminals (BJS, 2013, p.2). It
is through this that they will be able to face off and fight crime in a more secure and
advantageous position.

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Just like other local police departments, Best town police department has to authorize
their officers to deploy stun guns and Tasers. In cases where the officers are engaging a crowd
use of pepper spray and batons provides a best control method (BJS, 2013, p2). The use of bodyworn cameras or weapons attached to cameras has been increasing with the changing technology.
Best town police department will engage in the purchase of this equipment that will reduce the
rate at which criminal activities take place in the city (BJS, 2013, p.2). Essential equipment for
this department is body armor and field computers. Statistics show that those departments
making use of body armors and field technology were able to provide more officers in the area
with minimal injuries than those without (BJS, 2013, p.3). It is, therefore, an important
consideration for Best town department to consider when making purchases for the police
department.
Conclusion
County police department has had a lot of impact in reducing crime rates in the whole
County and especially Best Town that has a high population of people ranging from different
races. Although this police department has been working to ensure law and order to all the
people it has had its side backs. Due to these side supports Best town need to ensure that its
people are well protected and that the economic growth is maintained. The only and sure way to
do this is through the provision of a reliable police department dedicated to the people of the
town. Establishing Best town police department is expected to come along with a lot of positive
impacts on both the people in this city and those wishing to come into the city. Despite the
expected high cost of establishing the police department in Best town, its establishment is a
necessary step for the council since so much inefficiency associated with the current police
department that is operating across the country.

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